Unable to read or write, illiterate (now rare). Later, more generally: unacquainted with, or uninterested in, literature or writing; characterized…

Not bookish or studious; unlearned.

(un-, prefix1 affix 2d.)

(un-, prefix1 affix 1.)

Not literate; not inclined to read; not reading. Also as n.

Chiefly literary or poetic. Ignorant of books, unscholarly. Also as n. (with the and plural agreement): unscholarly people as a class.

Not literary; lacking literary character; (also) unlearned.

Not booklearned.

Of a person or group of people: unable to read or write; ignorant of letters or literature.

reluctant or unwilling to read books.